Aboriginal elders in Walgett say they will provide free filtered drinking water for their remote community after repeated failures by the state and local government.
Ricky Townsend said they wanted to make sure people in Walgett had safe, clean water to drink.abc.net.au/news/elders-provide-walgett-drinking-water-government-solution-fails/102381706Aboriginal elders in western New South Wales say they will provide free filtered drinking water for their remote community after repeated failures by the state and local government to do so.
Additionally, council was forced to turn off its reverse osmosis machine as it could not handle the sheer volume of salty brine water it was producing as a waste by-product.Dharriwaa Elders Group treasurer Ricky Townsend said they would take matters into their own hands and install a reverse osmosis machine in the main street to provide free chilled and filtered water for locals.
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